It's Safe, They're Over There
SAMARRA, Iraq Feb 23, 2006 (AP)— Insurgents posing as police destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, setting off an unprecedented spasm of sectarian violence. Angry crowds thronged the streets, militiamen attacked Sunni mosques, and at least 19 people were killed...
Shiite leaders called for calm, but militants attacked Sunni mosques and a gunfight broke out between Shiite militiamen and guards at a Sunni political party in Basra. Army Capt. Jassim al-Wahash said about 500 soldiers were sent to Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad to prevent clashes between Shiites and Sunnis...
A leading Sunni politician, Tariq al-Hashimi, said 29 Sunni mosques had been attacked nationwide. He urged clerics and politicians to calm the situation "before it spins out of control."...
So let me get this straight, MSM echo chamber....You’ll post this story that will obviously upset and enrage Sunni Muslims who may have been unaware of the bombing into rioting and killing, but we won’t show the cartoons because it might enrage Muslims into rioting and killing.
Looks like I’m adding journalists to those whose nuanced thinking my Conservative pea brain will never quite comprehend.
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